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DIAMOND JUBILEE
ST. IGNATIUS
1885 — 1930
Published by the Associated Students of St. Ignatius College
OPEN-AIR MASS
AT IGNATIAN FIELD
SUNDAY
Vol. 5. No. 5.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., OCTOBER 17, 1930
FRIDAY
CITY JOINS IN JUBILEE FETE
COLLEGE PLAYERS TO
HAVE NEW POLICY OF
'SUPER-PRODUCTION'
ONCE EACH SEASON
"Richelieu" Is First Production to Be Shown, Director
Gill Tells Student Body
Action shots of Kenneth "Red" Chisholm, left end; Mike "Ham" Hemovich, quarterback,
and Roy Huntley, right end, whose fiery last-minute work in the battle with Gonzaga University snatched triumph out of defeat for the Gray Fog warriors in Kezar. Chisholm blocked a
punt, Huntley recovered it, and Hemovich pushed it over the goal line for the winning touchdown. All will see service in the Army Jarheads tilt next Sunday.
Director of Dramatics James J. Gill
has announced a new policy for the
St. Ignatius College Little Theatre
players. This announcement establishes, and will mark, the inauguration
of a precedent in the dramatic program of the college.
Instead of having, as in the past
few years, four productions of rela- j
tively equal merit and interest, the
College Players will present one,
super-production besides three other
plays each year. This presentation,
will take place during the month of I
April, and the play to be chosen for;
this occasion will be one that has i
stood the test of time and is known I
as a classic.
Outstanding Event
"Richelieu," by Bulwer Lytton, is
the play chosen for the current season. Its performance will take place
in April and will be the outstanding
dramatic event of the year. It will be
remembered that this immortal drama
was last performed in this city by
Robert Mantell.
This production should be of no little interest due to the unquestioned
and often proved excellence of its
plot and character delineation, and
the stimulation that its historical setting and costumes wiil give io <i.n
audience.
Two Other Plays
Mr. Gill also ha's two other plays
which will be presented during the
current season. The first will be ready
for production sometime in the month
of November, and the other drama
will have its presentation during the
month of February.
Due to the excellent reception of
"Quits," these forthcoming plays are
awaited with interest by all who attended the premiere of that play. And
from the promising interpretation
given to that comedy-drama a most
successful season seems to be in store
for the College Players.
DIAMOND JUBILEE ENTERS FINAL DAYS
WITH MANY PRELATES AND PROMINENT
GRADUATES PRESENT; SAINT MARY'S AND
SANTA CLARA PARTICIPATE IN BIG FETE
Academic Exercises Tomorrow Night in Civic Auditorium
When Many Will Be Honored; Outdoor Mass
to Be Celebrated in Stadium Sunday
At Formal Diamond
Jubilee Affair as
Celebration Closes
Fitzgerald Recovers
From Facial Injury
Fred Fitzgerald, whose injury was
a costly blow to St. Ignatius' hopes
of defeating the Gaels, is rapidly recovering from the face gash he received when he collided with Stennett
in the third quarter of the game.
Jimmy Needles expects that the
husky halfback will be in shape to
appear in the Army game next Sunday, though he may not be used unless the Jarheads put up a stiffer battle than is expected of them.
TEN MEN WIN PLACE
ON'TALKIE'SQUAD IN
1930 DEBATE TRYOUT
WITH SOPHS IN LEAD
Heavy Turnout for Varsity
Team as Frs. Semeria and
Dunne, Mr. Gill Judge
The qualification contest for the
varsity debating squad was marked
by the participation of some twenty-
five contestants, any one of whom
might have been selected to represent the college on the forum. Unfortunately, such a large squad would
be rather impractical for all purposes,
and those who, in the estimation of
the three judges, Rev. Father Semeria,
Rev. Father P. Dunne and J. J. Gill,
merited selection as among the first
ten were chosen for the team.
The talks were upon various subjects—from "William Randolph
Hearst's Affair" to "Capital Punishment" and "Humanism"—and all
showed a1 marked interest and determination that assures a capable team
now and in the future.
Sophomores Enthusiastic
The sophomore class demonstrated
the most enthusiasm with an entry of
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Sophs To Hold Annual
Drag At Tanforan Nov. 8
St. Ignatius
Wins Campus
Land Fight
Paving the way for the extension
of St. Ignatius College, now the University o£ San Francisco, the Masonic
Cemetery Association today won from
the United States Supreme Court the
right to vacate and sell its 28-acre
cemetery.
The Washington tribunal, according to dispatches, will not review
the appeal of lot owners against the
Circuit Court of Appeals decision
granting the association right to remove present remains and sell the
property.
St. Ignatius has a $690,000 option
on the plot, which, if acquired, will
increase its present campus 200 per
cent.
Bitter Litigation
Bitter litigation followed the passing of an ordinance by the Board of
Supervisors in 1928 ordering removal
of remains. Lot owners sued for an
injunction in U. S. District Judge
Frank H. Kerrigan's court on the
grounds of discrimination. This was
granted.
A reversal of the injunction order
by Circuit Judges Frederick Rudkia
and Curtis D. Wilbur, with the late
Frank S. Dietrich dissenting, was obtained by the cemetery association.
ANNOUNCE ESSAY
CONTEST; OPEN TO
ALL WRITERS; PRIZE
IS GOLD BLOCK S. I.
Fills Need for Competition at
College in Field of Literary
Endeavor
The Sophomore class will hold its
annual Soph Drag at the Tanforan
Clubhouse, Tanforan, on November 8.
Some difficulties were encountered
in securing the location owing to an
agreement with the company holding
the insurance on the club not to use
the grounds during the off-period of
the racing season. The officials of the
Pacific Coast Breeders' Association
showed every kindness possible in
helping the committee secure an advantageous arrangement which would
allow them to use the clubhouse for
the evening.
Easily Accessible
Tanforan has the advantage of being near enough to the city to be
easily accessible and far enough away
to remove the dance from the closeness of the city air. The committee
is jubilant in having secured a location which is new to Ignatians but
which equals, and even exceeds, in
beauty and appointments those places
■which have hitherto been held as the
acme of fitness for such occasions.
The Foghorn reporter was allowed
to be present at the last meeting of
the committee to convince him that
the plans being laid for the affair are
not mere advertising talk. He was
shown a dummy of the dance program
on the condition that its nature would
not be revealed. In all fairness to
the novelty and ingenuity of the committee it must be said that such an
interesting, yet fitting, program has
never yet been seen at any Ignatian
dance in the four years that he has
been in the school.
Ten-Piece Orchestra
The orchestra for the dance will be
ten pieces. The committee secured
the services of Don Brose and his
men. Brose has established quite a
reputation for himself in bay dance
circles and his music gives the ultimate in dance enjoyment.
The committee is composed of:
Matt O'Breln, Bob Britt, Walter
Trefts, Lewis Ohleyer, Kenneth Chisholm, Burke McMurdo. Paul McArdle,
Joseph Allen, Frank McDonald, James
Feely, Richard Murphy and Barry
Whitehead.
Bids at two dollars will be on sale
shortly. The dance is formal.
GLEE CLUB MEMBERS
TO OFFER CONCERT
A concert will be offered by the St.
Ignatius Glee Club under the direction of Frederick L. Brown early in
December, it was announced today.
The program will feature members
of the Glee Club in solo and quartet
work, besides the regular ensemble
with the orchestra, assuring all who
attend an enjoyable program.
Two important engagements have
just been concluded by the Glee Cluh,
the more prominent being the broadcast over the network on the National
Broadcasting Company. This broadcast introduced our Glee Club to the
entire Pacific Coast and favorable reports have come in from all points regarding the quality of the entertainment.
The other engagement of the Glee
Club was the appearance at the Diamond Jubilee field rally held at Ignatian Field, and once again the quality
and haTmony of the group was noticeable.
With the institution of its first
annual Essay Contest, the Foghorn shoulders a new undertaking.
The contest, unique in its kind
in that it is sponsored by the various
students' organizations of the college,
will come to fill a gap in academic
competition at St. Ignatius, for while
it is true that there is at present a
medal for a winning essay in philosophy and a purse for its equivalent in
the field of scientific research, there
has not till now been any prize whatsoever reserved for purely literary
merit.
"Seventy-five Years of Progress" is
the very appropriate subject chosen
by the Foghorn Essay Contest committee, composed of Alfonso Tous,
chairman; Wallace Bruce Cameron,
president of the Student Body; Eneas
Kane, vice-president of the A. S. S.
I C; Mervin Houser, editor of the
Foghorn; Edward Sullivan, editor of
the 1931 Ignatian; Jack Hanley, business manager of the Foghorn; Lloyd
Luckmann, manager of forensics, and
James Feely and Richard O'Connor,
both of the varsity debating squad.
ROLPH IS GRATEFUL
FOR STUDENT VOTES
This is a copy of the letter sent by
the Hon. James Rolph, Jr., to Wallace
Cameron, St. Ignatius College Student
Body president, after he had sent ths
Mayor a letter congratulating him on
his nomination for the governorship.
"My dear friend:
"This is the first opportunity since
the close of the campaign that I have
had to express my appreciation of
your thoughtl'ulness in congratulating
me upon receiving the Republican
nomination as Governor of our glorious State of California.
"Your kind message made me very
happy, and I am deeply grateful for
the warmth of your friendship and
good will.
"With every good wish to all the
members of the Associated Students
of St. Ignatius College and kind regards to Mr. Kane, believe me to be
"Very sincerely yours,
"JAMES ROLPH, JR."
Fete in Fairmont Ends Social
Activities of Week for the
Associated Students
With four days of the eight-day fete of grand celebrations for
the Diamond Jubilee of St. Ignatius College already past, the citizens' committee of 400 appointed especially for this occasion by
Mayor James Rolph, Jr., prepared today to swing into greater action
and even more impressive festivities for the four remaining days
culminating in the solemn open air ~
Pontifical Mass to be held Sunday Qflfflpnfe fft FvnllP
morning at 10:30 o'clock at St. Igna- UlUUCIIld lit ft I (JUL
tius Stadium, Turk Street and Parker
Avenue.
Tonight's great event will be the
formal civic banquet, which will occupy the Palm Court of the Palace
Hotel and for which over 1,300 reservations have already been made at
the civic committee's headquarters,
445 Phelan Building. The alumni associations of Santa Clara and St.
Mary's are giving enthusiastic support
and have reserved special tables for
the affair. Dignataries of the Church
and State will also be present. The
entertainment will be provided by several grand opera stars.
Church Dignities Present
The civic and academic exercises
of the Civic Auditorium, to be held
tomorrow evening, will be preceded
by a procession of representatives of
universities and colleges from all
parts of the United States, who will
march in cap and gown degree hoods
from Polk Hall to the stage of the
auditorium maTshaled by a student
escort, also in cap and gown.
The Honorable James Rolph, Jr.,
mayor of San Francisco; His Grace,
Edward J. Hanna, archbishop of San
Francisco; Dr. James J. Walsh, well
known Catholic author and man of
science; Hon. John L. McNab, distinguished attorney of California, and
the Reverend Edward J. Whelan, S. J.,
president of St. Ignatius College, will
be the speakers of the evening.
His Eminence, Patrick Cardinal
Hayes, archbishop of New York and
leading figure in the Catholic Hierarchy of America, will arrive next
Saturday morning and will be received by public officials in the rotunda of the City Hall. In the evening the Diamond Jubilee Ball will
be held at the Gold Ballroom of the
Fairmont Hotel. Student representatives from various educational institutions within and without California
will attend.
Students' Ball Committee
The Diamond Jubilee Ball students'
committee is to be congratulated for
the efficient manner in which it has
taken care of this activity and the
refined taste and discretion they have
used in the selection of locality and
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As a fitting close to the social
activities of Diamond Jubilee
Week the "Formal Ball" to be
given October 18, sponsored by
and exclusively for the Associated
Students and their friends, will be
held as one of the outstanding formal
dances in many years.
It is admitted by many that "it's the
music that makes the dance," and
with this thought in mind the Jubilee
dance committee sought the best that
this city could afford for that evening
in the line of orchestras. After long
consideration Neil Spalding and his
music was selected.
Spalding's orchestra's reputation is
gained from the fact that the management of the Hotel St. Francis chose
it to take the place of its own popular
orchestra during this past summer.
To be worthy of such recognition is
sufficient, the committee thinks, to
warrant the best in music for Saturday night.
Bids on Sale
Bids will be on sale to the end of
the week until the quota is filled. The
advance sale at the close of last week
was gratifying but not sufficient to
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S. I. Orchestra Will
Entertain at Smoker
The twenty-five members of the college orchestra, under the direction of
Harold Harper, are to be one of the
features at the Knights of Columbus
smoker to be held on November 8.
The approval that the orchestra has
met with at the college plays during
the present season is a repetition of
the last three years' great successes.
Tsk! Tsk! Young Writer
Sniffs At H. L. Mencken
By GEORGE BRADY
H. L. Mencken in one of his essays
advises young men to become cynics.
It is only iri this way, says he, that
babbitry can be avoided.
One may well be pardoned for regarding this advice as somewhat less
than excellent. It is, as so much of
the counsel offered by Mencken, just
a bit short of being true, for it is just
as probable that a person in whom a
tendency for babbitry is present will
be a babbit even though he does become a cynic, as Mencken advises.
His contention that in being a cynic,
babbitry can be avoided, is just as intelligent and logical as the statement
that Coleridge and De Quincey were
great writers mainly because they
were addicted to the use of opium.
One does not deny that opium may
have been a mental stimulus to them,
but certainly if literary greatness had
not been innate in them they might
well have used opium and never have
written a line of verse or prose.
Mr. Mencken's Efforts
If a person is destined for mediocrity it is scarcely prudent to contend
that to become a cynic will cause him
to stand out as a great force in modern life. Rather, unless quite strong-
minded, he will be still more inconspicuous as a cynic than as a more
cheerful person. And Mr. Mencken,
through his own strenuous efforts, has
clearly shown that inconspicuousness
is hardly to be termed his idea of success in life. Rather a person will
avoid babbitry just as effectively by
renouncing cynicism than by embracing it; and it is more than probable
that there are rather boring cynics
also.
As regards the doctrine that Mr.
Mencken holds out as the insulating
force, the fortifier against all disturbing and distracting influences in this
life, which must be clung to (and
this adhesion necessarily severs all
human relationships), a few observations might be made.
A Melancholy Doctrine
It is a1 rather melancholy doctrine.
It is a pessimism that is constantly
striving to express thoughts beyond
itself.

DIAMOND JUBILEE
ST. IGNATIUS
1885 — 1930
Published by the Associated Students of St. Ignatius College
OPEN-AIR MASS
AT IGNATIAN FIELD
SUNDAY
Vol. 5. No. 5.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., OCTOBER 17, 1930
FRIDAY
CITY JOINS IN JUBILEE FETE
COLLEGE PLAYERS TO
HAVE NEW POLICY OF
'SUPER-PRODUCTION'
ONCE EACH SEASON
"Richelieu" Is First Production to Be Shown, Director
Gill Tells Student Body
Action shots of Kenneth "Red" Chisholm, left end; Mike "Ham" Hemovich, quarterback,
and Roy Huntley, right end, whose fiery last-minute work in the battle with Gonzaga University snatched triumph out of defeat for the Gray Fog warriors in Kezar. Chisholm blocked a
punt, Huntley recovered it, and Hemovich pushed it over the goal line for the winning touchdown. All will see service in the Army Jarheads tilt next Sunday.
Director of Dramatics James J. Gill
has announced a new policy for the
St. Ignatius College Little Theatre
players. This announcement establishes, and will mark, the inauguration
of a precedent in the dramatic program of the college.
Instead of having, as in the past
few years, four productions of rela- j
tively equal merit and interest, the
College Players will present one,
super-production besides three other
plays each year. This presentation,
will take place during the month of I
April, and the play to be chosen for;
this occasion will be one that has i
stood the test of time and is known I
as a classic.
Outstanding Event
"Richelieu," by Bulwer Lytton, is
the play chosen for the current season. Its performance will take place
in April and will be the outstanding
dramatic event of the year. It will be
remembered that this immortal drama
was last performed in this city by
Robert Mantell.
This production should be of no little interest due to the unquestioned
and often proved excellence of its
plot and character delineation, and
the stimulation that its historical setting and costumes wiil give io